• 18​ 09​ 2015 • Volodymyr Ishchenko, Uli Hufen The Crisis in Ukraine and the Crisis of European Left

One could say that the reaction of the Left to the events in Ukraine has been nothing short of a fiasco. Why are postmodern anti-capitalists so easily lured by neoliberalism with a human face? Why do old school anti-imperialists place their trust in anti-American dictators like Putin? Sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko (Kyiv) traces the roots and implications of such positioning. He joins in a discussion with critic and radio journalist Uli Hufen (Cologne) to examine the present polarization of the Left in Russia, Ukraine, and Western Europe.